{{wiktionary|corsair}} A '''corsair''' is a privateer or pirate, especially:
* Barbary corsair, Ottoman and Berber privateers operating from North Africa * French corsairs, privateers operating on behalf of the French crown
'''Corsair''' may also refer to:
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== Arts and entertainment == ===Comic books=== * Corsair (character), Marvel Comics character * Corsairs Squad, a training squad within the X-Men
=== Novels === * ''Corsair'', a 1987 nautical historical novel by Dudley Pope * ''Corsair'' (Bunch novel), a 2001 fantasy novel by Chris Bunch * ''Corsair'' (Cussler novel), a 2009 adventure novel by Clive Cussler
=== Music === * ''Il corsaro'' (''The Corsair''), an 1848 opera by Giuseppe Verdi * Le Corsaire (overture), an 1844 overture by Hector Berlioz * The Corsairs, a 1960s doo-wop group * "Corsair", a song on the 2002 album ''Geogaddi'' by Boards of Canada * "Corsair", a 2007 song from the EP ''Voyage'' by In Fear and Faith
=== Video games === * ''Corsairs: Conquest at Sea'', a 1999 game by Microïds * Corsairs (''Freelancer''), a fictional criminal organization in ''Freelancer'' * Corsair, an evolution to the Gambler class in ''Final Fantasy XI: Treasures of Aht Urhgan'' * The Corsair, a persona in the ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' multiplayer game * Corsair class in ''Black Desert Online''
=== Other arts and entertainment === * ''The Corsair'', an 1814 poem by Lord Byron * ''Le Corsaire'', an 1856 ballet based on Byron's poem * ''Corsair'' (film), a 1931 American gangster film
== Companies == * Corsair Gaming (formerly Corsair Components), an American computer peripherals and hardware company * Corsair International (formerly Corsairfly and Corsair), a French airline * Corsair Marine, a builder of trimaran sailboats * Corsair, an imprint of publisher Constable & Robinson
== Military == * Vought F4U Corsair, a US Navy World War II and Korean War fighter aircraft * Vought SBU Corsair, a US Navy biplane dive bomber first flown in 1933 * Vought O4U Corsair, the name of two experimental biplane scout-observation aircraft, neither of which entered regular service * LTV A-7 Corsair II, a US Navy and later US Air Force jet attack aircraft * Vought O2U Corsair, a US Navy biplane scout and observation aircraft * Corsair, a subclass of the ''Tench''-class submarine, a US Navy World War II class ** {{USS|Corsair|SS-435}}, a US Navy submarine * USS ''Corsair'' (SP-159), a private steam yacht briefly chartered by the US Navy in World War I
== Transportation == ===Air=== * Cessna 425, a light aircraft originally known as Corsair * Corsair International, a French airline subsidiary of the TUI Group * ''Corsair'' (G-ADVB), a Short Empire flying boat flown by Imperial Airways and BOAC
===Land=== * Edsel Corsair, an American automobile of the late fifties * Ford Corsair, a British car model of the late 1960s, and an Australian model of the late 1980s * Corsair motorcycle, built by Cotton * ''Corsair'', a GWR Bogie Class broad gauge locomotive that was built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1849 and 1873 * ''Corsair'', locomotive No. 3037 of the GWR 3031 Class that was built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1894 and 1908 * Lincoln Corsair, a compact American crossover *Phantom Corsair, a prototype two-door sedan built in 1938
===Sea=== * ''Corsair I'', a yacht built by William Cramp and Sons for Charles J. Osborn and bought by J. P. Morgan in 1882 * ''Corsair II'', a yacht built for J. P. Morgan in 1891, which served as {{USS|Gloucester|1891|6}} during the Spanish–American War * ''Corsair III'', a yacht built in 1898 for J. P. Morgan (the last he owned), that served the US Navy in World Wars I and II, in the latter as USS ''Oceanographer'' * ''Corsair IV'', a yacht built for J. P. Morgan Jr. in 1930, the largest built in the United States * Corsair (dinghy), a class of sixteen-foot three-handed sailing dinghies
== Other uses == * Corsair (Novell), a former operating system and user interface project for NetWare * Onitsuka Tiger Corsair, a type of running shoe from Onitsuka Tiger * Corsair Bay, a bay located in Lyttelton Harbour, Canterbury New Zealand * ''The Corsair'' (Santa Monica College newspaper), the student newspaper of Santa Monica College, California * ''The Corsair'' (Pensacola State College newspaper), the student newspaper of Pensacola State College, Florida
==See also== * Corsaire (disambiguation) * ''Corsaren'' (''The Corsair''), a 19th-century Danish satirical and political weekly magazine * ''Korsaren'' (''The Corsair''), a late 19th-century/early 20th-century Norwegian satirical magazine * Corsar, a Ukrainian anti-tank missile * {{look from}}
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